I realised she wasn't going to come back and help me, and that me self harming wasn't going to help bring her back or help me. Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes, 50, from Pembury, has revealed she resorted to self harming on the day her mother passed away three years ago.
Holmes, who won gold in the m and m at the Athens Olympics in , said she was extremely close to her mum, who brought her up on a council estate in Kent, and it took a long time for her to accept she was gone.
Kelly's father, a car mechanic, ran off when she was just one years old, leaving a young Pam to raise her alone. But that wasn't without its difficulties and, worried there was too much to cope with, Pam's parents encouraged her to have Kelly adopted. The athlete spent some time in and out of children's homes, but throughout it all, Pam was determined not to give her daughter up.
The former middle distance runner said it was 'the worst day of her life' when her mother Pam Norman passed away in Pam passed away aged just 64 in from myeloma, a form of blood cancer. Holmes explained: 'She died three years ago and it was the worst day of my life.
She was only 17 years older than me so we were very close. It took a lot of time and talking to people, making sure my friends knew I needed them to be around. We used to speak every day. While plasma cells ordinary help the body fight infection, in people with multiple myeloma the cells that live inside soft marrow rapidly develop to cause tumors in hard marrow. As it causes the tough bone to weaken it makes it difficult to develop good blood cells and platelets. As the second most common cancer in the United States, approximately 30, African Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year.
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She died three years ago and it was the worst day of my life. She was only 17 years older than me so we were very close. It was awful. I suffered bereavement for a long time. It took a lot of time and talking to people, making sure my friends knew I needed them to be around. Every day I long to be able to tell my mum what I have been doing. We used to speak every day. I would send her pictures every day. So not being able to tell her about all the great things that have happened, new children in the family from my brothers and sisters.
There are so many things I wish she was around for. And she would have hated the pandemic with a passion. Be the first to hear about upcoming issues, the ways you can support The Big Issue, special offers and competitions. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from The Big Issue and our partners.
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